Gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes, often as mounts on furniture or on architectural elements such as mantels; see also gilt-bronze

A type of gilt decoration that was used extensively in the Baroque and Rococo periods, especially during the reign of King Louis of France. It was made by mixing powdered mercury with gold to make a paste. The paste was applied onto bronze, then the object was fired to evaporate the mercury, leaving the gold. It was an extremely expensive method but this didn't stop Louis XIV using it everywhere at Versailles, from clocks to chandeliers.

Gilded brass or bronze used on decorative ornaments that were then applied to pieces of furniture and on frames. Ormolu was chiefly used by 18th century French cabinetmakers, or ebénistes, and later by cabinetmakers following in the French style.

Pale yellow gilt or bronzed metallic ware normally covered with a protective coat of clear lacquer.

Mercury-gilded bronze used for figures and decorative mounts on clocks and furniture. The word is from the French or moulu, 'ground gold'. Highly toxic fumes emanating from the mercury made this process dangerous and it was superseded by electroplating in the mid- 19thC.

gilt-bronze used to decorative effect on furniture, clocks, etc

brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture

Powdered gold used to decorate bronze, or other metal, furniture mounts; also refers to the mounts themselves. Parquetry Form of marquetry based on a repeated geometric pattern worked in contrasting woods.

Literally, “ground gold”. Ground gold leaf used as a gilt pigment. Also, brass made to look like gold.

French term for a type of cast bronze ornament finished by hand chasing and surfaced with gold. Also known as gilt-bronze or bronze doré. Often used to refer to bronze furniture mounts enhanced by gilding

Gilt (gold-leafed) bronze sculptural elements, commonly used as decoration in the 19th century on "Empire" style furniture, lamps, and interior ornament.

English term from the French “or moulu” which means ground gold. Bronze gilded by the Mercury or Fire Gilding process and used, especially in 1700's and 1800's France as decorative mounts. The term is also used for an 1800's gold-coloured alloy of copper, zinc and tin

A word used for furniture mounts cast in bronze or brass and then gilded and applied as decoration. Ormolu mounts and objects d'art were all the rage in French society of the 18th century, reaching a high water mark under the Imperial regime; and the ornament continued to be made and reproduced throughout the 19th century. English ormolu was never as fine as the best French products- but there is always a demand for 'French Style furniture, and ormolu is practically synonymous with this.

From the French or moule, "ground gold." Gold or gilded brass or bronze used for furniture or art objects.

French term for gilded bronze or brass furniture mounts.

A mount or article that is gilded or gold-coloured.

A gilded bronze or gold-colored alloy of copper, zinc, and tin used to decorate furniture and make ornaments.

An alloy of copper & zinc, used to imitate gold. Gilded metal especially brass or bronze. Gold or gold powder prepared for use in gilding.

Strictly speaking, this applies only to ornaments cast in brass or bronze, with fire (mercury) gilt surfaces. However, it's often applied to any yellow metal. Early uses were restricted to furniture, especially in handles and decorative mounts. By the late C18th though, many objects such as ink stands, decorative cases for clocks, candlesticks were made in ormolu.

In France, a highly specialized craftsman made gilded metal or "bronze dorée" for which special alloys of bronze and brass were made, for furniture mounts, clocks, girandoles, etc. In England ormolu was never considered a great art, and was commonly plain brass, cast and gilded.

An alloy of copper and zinc, sometimes also with tin.

Ormolu (meaning "ground gold" in French) is an alloy of the metals copper, tin and zinc that is used to imitate gold. Ormolu can also be cast bronze or brass that is plated (gilded) with a gold and mercury amalgam, giving it a gold-like look. Ormolu is used in frames, chandeliers, candlesticks, and furniture ornamentation. It was very popular in Georgian and early Victorian design. Ormulu can now also refer to any gold-like metal used as decoration. Ormolu is also called bronze doré or mosaic gold.

From the French or moule; gilded or brass mounts for furniture or art objects.

A term referring to gilded bronze or brass mounts. From the French for "ground gold"

Ormolu (from French or moulu, signifying gold ground or pounded) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-karat gold to an object in bronze. The French refer to this technique as bronze doré, which is used to this day though the item may be merely painted with a gold-tone paint. The modern term in English is gilt bronze, which bears no relation to ormolu in process or materials.